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Bucky

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4. The reality is that any measure coming out of a new constitutional convention...

Reply to AndyS (Reply #2)

Wed May 26, 2021, 08:33 PM

May 2021

Will have less than a snowball's chance in hell of being ratified. Probably the only measures that could unite the nation are Congressional term limits or a balanced budget amendment. Neither proposal would do that much to fix the institutional problems in Washington.

And the balance budget amendment would either be toothless and meaningless or would cause grave damage to our fiscal health.

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2A is the roadblock. WarGamer May 2021 #1

That's a little harsh. I'd support a Constitutional Convention but with AndyS May 2021 #2

The reality is that any measure coming out of a new constitutional convention... Bucky May 2021 #4

Probably. WarGamer May 2021 #7

The answer is laws to protect us from Law Abiding Citizens with guns. nt AndyS May 2021 #3

But those laws run into the woodchipper called the 2A. WarGamer May 2021 #6

The 2nd doesn't mean or say what the gun industry has convinced gunners that it does. AndyS May 2021 #9

Which amendment covers the "living, breathing, editable" nature of the Constitution? WarGamer May 2021 #11

*sigh* Discussions of Constitutional theory between non scholars is pointless, tedious and ultimatly AndyS May 2021 #12

Legislation can solve it, IF this country has the will to solve it FakeNoose May 2021 #5

enforce the 2nd part of the 2nd. WELL REGULATED + make wayne cry. pansypoo53219 May 2021 #8

k&r BSdetect May 2021 #10

"The Onion" hits one out of the park, for the umpteenth time. Paladin May 2021 #13